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Chris Van Hollen: “The Democratic alternative says, yes, we should ask the highest income earners, the folks at the top 2 percent, to…”

On the recordApril 14, 2011
The Democratic alternative says, yes, we should ask the highest income earners, the folks at the top 2 percent, to simply pay the same rate that they paid during the Clinton administration when the economy was roaring and we created 20 million jobs. {time} 1150 That's what the choices are before us, and that's exactly the point you're making. You want to end the Medicare guarantee for seniors at the same time you want to give tax breaks to folks at the very top. That's your choice. You can make it, but we don't think that's the choice the American people want to make.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland
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Apr 14, 2011

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